work. Kipling wrote the poem‚ “If”‚ that can be found online at http://www.kipling.org.uk/poems_if.htm‚ a Carpe Diem poem meaning seize the day‚ which suggests and gives warning about what one may encounter in life and what they can do for the world to be theirs. Having the structure of four stanzas with eight lines in each stanza‚ Kipling uses repetition‚ conjunctions‚ personifications‚ and an illusion as the literary devices in his poem. Throughout the poem‚ the author repeats the
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My idol! My father died when I was very young so my mother is not only a mom but also a dad. She is the woman whom I admire most and this is a person has been affecting me a lots. She has taught me neither knowledge nor the way to become a good person. She is a successful woman in my eyes. I think my mother I very beautiful. She has a small round face with a straight nose and fair complexion. Her long black hair always is bounden tidily behind. She also has a nice smile that makes her face
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Claim: Walt Whitman writes a poem about hearing America singing as he details in a poem of a typical American life and how it is portrayed. Langston Hughes seemingly responds to Whitman’s poem with I‚ Too‚ Sing America which compares different races in America. The response poem was not necessarily about race but focused more on the aspect of how America is one no matter what. Each and every person‚ living in this country has equal rights and represent America equally. Whitman uses different occupations
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Dickinson’s poem “510: It was not Death‚ for I stood up‚” explores the uncertainties of Death. The speaker attempts to define or understand her own condition to unwrap the cause of her suffering. The use of extended metaphor is utilized as the speaker uses the term “death” and that her life and state of mind‚ to her‚ resembles nothing other than death itself. The dominant effect would be the feeling of despair as the speaker represents this by saying “As if my life were shaven‚ / and fitted to a
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The poem all together just signifies that the dream of this African American man and every other African American is to not be defined but the color of their skin‚ but to be defined by the amount of work they put in. This poem also signifies that not only did the black man have a dream‚ he had a purpose in the world‚ just like the white man‚ who doubted him. “They send me to eat in the kitchen when company comes‚ but I laugh‚ and eat well‚ and grow strong” (Hughes
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lot to them. For me‚ the most important person in my life is my mom. She is my every thing; always guiding me to do the right things without criticizing; and most importantly she gave birth to me. Therefore‚ my mom is the most important person for me. The word “mother” means everything to me‚ because‚ as I remember‚ when I was little I would always be with my mom and she would always take care of me when I got sick; sometimes‚ when I had fever I kept crying like rain drops that never stopped. She
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Robert Morgan‚ the author describes the practice of burying the dead under a tree‚ which in turn nourishes it and continues the cycle of life. Memory and the passing of a legacy are concepts that can be observed throughout the poem. Life‚ death and rebirth is the theme of this poem‚ the idea that a person is more than a body‚ and can transcend the material realm and continue to live in the memory of future generations. This point is stated in lines 8‚9‚ and 10‚ where he describes the transfer of the
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In this poem “The Mother” it was this mother that had many abortions. This speaker was having an emotional breakdown. For example‚ “I have heard in the voices of the wind the voices of my dim killed children” (Brooks 1940). When reading ‘’The Mother’’ the speaker talked about her and focused on the children she aborted. But the speaker never mentioned a father. So‚ after realizing she did not mention a father this question came to an understanding. Why do people have different emotional and physical
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So do I my mother. Her hair is as dark as a raven’s wing‚ ripple down to her shoulders like a waterfall. Her skin the color beige‚ like the dunes of the Sahara‚ flawlessly smooth before the rippling winds. Never is she loud; her low-keyed silky voice flows from her like a warm breeze against the skin‚ chasing away any chill and enclosing the listener with security with every word spoken. She is a wonderful person whom I admire and love unconditionally forever. A face that resembles my own in
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A Mother’s Bad Dream As a mother nothing is harder to watch than your child grow up to become an independent individual. As shown in the poem “To a Daughter Leaving Home” by Linda Pastan no matter how old your daughter turns as a mother you will always worry about the choices your child will make and the people that will hurt her throughout life. This poem also show no matter how much you may want to hold on to your little girl you always have to let go and allow them to survive for themselves and
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